A new species in the Hieracium lycopifolium agg. (Asteraceae) from the Western Carpathians

Abstract

Hieracium zajacii Szeląg is described from the Vel'ká Fatra Mts in Slovakia. It is the first representative of H. lycopifolium agg. to be found in the Carpathians. The new species is tetraploid (2n = 36) and reproduces apomictically. Its origin is briefly discussed.

Keywords

• Asteraceae
• chromosome number
• distribution
• Hieracium
• mode of reproduction
• new species
• Vel'ká Fatra Mts